The netfilter.org "libnetfilter_cttimeout" project

What is libnetfilter_cttimeout?

libnetfilter_cttimeout is the userspace library that provides the programming interface to the fine-grain connection tracking timeout infrastructure. With this library, you can create, update and delete timeout policies that can be attached to traffic flows. This library is used by conntrack-tools.

Dependencies

libnetfilter_cttimeout requires libmnl and a kernel that includes the nfnetlink_cttimeout subsystem (i.e. 3.4 or later).